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Service is Duty, Not Debt
Multiple commentators emphasize that this verse defines our service to God as a duty, not a transaction. Even if we were to perfectly fulfill every command, we would only be doing what is required of us as servants. This means we cannot place God in our debt or earn salvation through our actions. As Albert Barnes notes, any reward we receive is a matter of God's 'unmerited favor,' not something we have deserved.
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Albert Barnes
On Luke 17:10
18th Century
Theologian
Are unprofitable servants. We have conferred no favor. We have merited nothing. We have not benefited God or laid him under o…
AT Robertson
On Luke 17:10
Unprofitable (αχρειο). The Syriac Sinaitic omits "unprofitable." The word is common in Greek literature, but in the N.T. only here…
Charles Ellicott
On Luke 17:10
19th Century
Bishop
Say, We are unprofitable servants. There is something very suggestive in the use of the same word that we encounter in th…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Luke 17:10
19th Century
Preacher
So likewise you, when you shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which …
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 17:10
Luke here presents Jesus’ teaching about the ideal of servanthood. The world’s idea of success is to lord it over others; Jesus’ way is the reverse…
John Calvin
On Luke 17:10
16th Century
Theologian
We have done what we were bound to do. That is, “we have brought nothing of our own, but have only done what we were bound by the law to d…
John Gill
On Luke 17:10
17th Century
Pastor
So likewise you
This is the accommodation and application of the parable to the disciples of Christ, who whether ministers or …
Matthew Henry
On Luke 17:1–10
17th Century
Minister
It is no reduction of the guilt of those by whom an offense comes, nor will the fact that offenses will come lessen their punishment.
Faith …